Main Entry:1as
Pronunciation:*z, (*)az
Function:adverb
Etymology:Middle English, from Old English eallsw* likewise, just as ?more at ALSO
Date:before 12th century
1 : to the same degree or amount *as soft as silk* *twice as long*
2 : for instance *various trees, as oak or pine*
3 : when considered in a specified form or relation ? usually used before a preposition or a participle *my opinion as distinguished from his*
Main Entry:2as
Function:conjunction
Date:12th century
1 : AS IF *looks as he had seen a ghost ?S. T. Coleridge*
2 : in or to the same degree in which *soft as silk* ? usually used as a correlative after an adjective or adverb modified by adverbial as or so *as cool as a cucumber*
3 : in the way or manner that *do as I do*
4 : in accordance with what or the way in which *quite good as boys go*
5 : WHILE, WHEN *spilled the milk as she got up*
6 : regardless of the degree to which : THOUGH *improbable as it seems, it's true*
7 : for the reason that : BECAUSE, SINCE *stayed home as she had no car*
8 : that the result is *so clearly guilty as to leave no doubt*
usage see LIKE
朼s is : in the presently existing condition without modification *bought the clock at an auction as is*
朼s it were : as if it were
Main Entry:3as
Function:pronoun
Date:12th century
1 : THAT, WHO, WHICH ? used after same or such *in the same building as my brother* *tears such as angels weep ?John Milton* and chiefly dialect after a substantive not modified by same or such *that kind of fruit as maids call medlars ?Shakespeare*
2 : a fact that *is a foreigner, as is evident from his accent*
Main Entry:4as
Function:preposition
Date:13th century
1 a : LIKE 2 *all rose as one man* b : LIKE 1a *his face was as a mask ?Max Beerbohm*
2 : in the capacity, character, condition, or role of *works as an editor*
Main Entry:5as
Pronunciation:*as
Function:noun
Inflected Form:plural as?es \*a-*s*z, *a-s*z\
Etymology:Latin
Date:1540
1 a : a bronze coin of the ancient Roman republic b : a unit of value equivalent to an as coin
2 : LIBRA 2a
Main Entry:1As
Function:abbreviation
altostratus
Main Entry:2As
Function:symbol
arsenic
Main Entry:AS
Function:abbreviation
1 after sight
2 airspeed
3 Anerican Samoa
4 Anglo-Saxon
5 antisubmarine
6 associate in science作者: thatll 时间: 2009-7-17 19:34:38